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Config files for DLLs

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:45:01 GMT

Every once in a while I'll write a DLL and wish I could easily externally configure settings for it like you one do with web.config files and ConfigurationManager in ASP.NET applications or with .exe.config files. I finally got around to doing something about not having this same functionality for DLLs. Now, with AssemblyConfig, you can access settings from a .config file for your DLLs just like you can with ASP.NET

CodeSmith CSLA Templates Released

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:45:04 GMT

Generate CSLA in under a minute with our CodeSmith CSLA templates. The CodeSmith CSLA templates support the latest version of the wildly popular CSLA framework created by Rhockford Lhotka. Using these templates makes working with CSLA easy. Just configure the quick start, click generate and watch your CSLA solution come alive!

A Simple .NET Profanity Filter

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:45:00 GMT

A website I am working on right now accepts public comments, and one of the requirements is to do a basic check for dirty language. Surprisingly for such a common problem I wasn't able to find any code on the net that did what I wanted and so I've ended up writing my own. The Censor class is pretty simple: you give it a list of words you want to censor, either simple text or with wildcards, and the censor will star out any matches it finds.

Profiling the Memory Usage of a .NET Application

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:45:02 GMT

Automatic memory management in .NET makes development a lot easier; however, it's still easy to introduce memory leaks into your application. For example, in a complex application, it's easy to forget to unregister event handlers, and these are notorious for holding on to objects which you don't need to keep in memory any more. This typically leads to an increase in memory usage which, if it remains unchecked and unresolved, can lead to your application exhibiting poor performance, or even running out of memory and crashing. This is where a memory profiler becomes necessary.

Automagic Time Localization

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:30:00 GMT

A trick to localize timestamps without requiring users to pick their time zone manually.

Solution to Famous Error 40 of SQL Server - A Must Bookmark

Fri, 22 May 2009 17:46:14 GMT

Everybody who has ever used SQL Server might have encountered this error one time or another time. This is absolutely must bookmark link.

21 Important FAQ questions for WPF and SilverLight

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:19:53 GMT

This article talks about 21 important FAQ from the perspective of WPF and Silver light. Both of these technologies are connected to a certain extent. This article not only explains the theory aspect of these technologies but also shows small samples for each of them.

SQL Server 2005/2008 Diagnostics Queries and Configuration Checklist

Sat, 23 May 2009 11:46:14 GMT

Very useful queries by SQL Server MVP, Glenn Berry ..A must have

Open Source or Die - The Real Future of Graffiti?

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:02 GMT

Telligent's Graffiti hasn't quite flatlined yet, but the signs aren't looking too good. Could OSS be the way to breathe life back into this once-promising CMS platform?

WPF NotifyIcon Released

Mon, 11 May 2009 04:16:04 GMT

This is an implementation of a NotifyIcon (system tray icon) for the WPF platform. It does not just rely on the corresponding WinForms component, but is a purely independent control which leverages several features of the WPF framework in order to display rich tooltips, popups, context menus, and balloon messages.

7 Valuable Visual Studio Hidden Features

Fri, 01 May 2009 05:01:02 GMT

Visual Studio is a very powerful IDE and I have yet to find another IDE that comes close to all the features it offers. Yet they are some hidden gems that can make our every day tasks a little bit easier.

How I handle JSON dates returned by ASP.NET AJAX

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:01:04 GMT

The problem of how to handle dates in JSON is one of the more troublesome issues that may arise when directly calling ASP.NET AJAX web services and page methods.. Since the question of how I handle this problem is something asked often in emails and in comments on other posts here, I want to address the topic with its own post.

11 Optimization Tips for Visual Studio

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:46:04 GMT

Sometimes ago I compiled this list for myself and our team to help get things done faster and deal with visual studio quirks.

JSON Serialization of a DataReader

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:46:03 GMT

On a few occasions recently I've ended up with DataReaders in my AJAX services. The data comes from low level componets with data from APIs over which I have no control and it feeds only feeds data from DataReaders. Rather than converting these readers into more complex data structures it can be more efficient to directly turn these DataReaders into JSON. Here are a couple of ways to do this using a custom serializer and a JavaScriptConverter for JavaScriptSerializer.

ELMAH: Error Logging Modules and Handlers for ASP.NET (and MVC too!)

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:01:11 GMT

ELMAH has been one of the most useful tools for ASP.NET developers to log errors on their web applications. Now Scott has a nice talk on how to use it even in your ASP.NET MVC applications. Cool!

ASP.Net - Never again fear publishing your website with debug=true

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:31:02 GMT

What makes the deployment element special is that it is a machine level configuration element. When its retail attribute is set to true, it will disable the <compilation debug="true"> for ALL ASP.Net applications running on that machine. In addition, it turns of detailed errors messages being sent to remote machines and disables the ability to trace output.

A QueryString collection for JavaScript

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:31:11 GMT

Used to Request.QueryString? It doesn't exist in JavaScript. Here's a script to create it with no other script dependencies.

Cropping image using jQuery, Jcrop and ASP.NET

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:31:02 GMT

Fast and easy cropping image with ASP.NET, jQuery and Jcop (C#)

An exhuastive ASP.Net Error Handler

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:27:26 GMT

An exhaustive asp.net error emailer - it will email you with everything you possibly need to debug the error, from the error message details, to the process' identity, to the current appdomain information! And its free!

Silverlight version of Lode Runner

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:57:41 GMT

Remake of the classical game Lode Runner in Silverlight.

Introduction to JOINs - A simplest Visual Explanation of Join

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:16:02 GMT

Introduction to JOINs - A simplest Visual Explanation of Join This post is for every developer who just want to make sure that their basics of Join is perfect. Bookmark this for future use or for teaching your friends of Jr. about Joins. Blog about this post if you like it.

15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:46:02 GMT

Your website is designed, the CMS works, content has been added and the client is happy. It's time to take the website live. Or is it? When launching a website, you can often forget a number of things in your eagerness to make it live, so it's useful to have a checklist to look through as you make your final touches and before you announce your website to the world.

Logical Query Processing Phases - Order of Statement Execution

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:31:02 GMT

SQL SERVER -What actually sets SQL Server apart from other programming languages is the way SQL Server processes its code. Generally, most programming languages process statement from top to bottom. By contrast, SQL Server processes them in a unique order which is known as Logical Query Processing Phase. These phases generate a series of virtual tables with each virtual table feeding into the next phase (virtual tables not viewable). These phases and their orders are given as follows:

Optimizing Performance in WPF Applications

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:02 GMT

Ever fed up with your own WPF window taking too much time to load and render the contents? Had the bitterest of bitter experience that your WPF application eating up a lot of resources and memory and fighting harder to get through with the existing hardware configuration?

Simiple solution to IntelliSense Does Not Work

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:01:12 GMT

There are so many times, I have heard that in SQL Server 2008 intellisense does not work. This article shows 4 different ways how it can be enabled. If IntelliSense is not working just have a look and it will fix it for sure.